Chapter 49 Chapter Forty Seven

Yan Wei didn't speak for a long time, just felt sad, Li Qichen was such a good person, even if he was going to assassinate, he didn't choose the best iron sword, but still wanted to use the bronze sword bestowed by the king to "loyalty", never thought of arrogating power at all , let alone rebellion.Thinking of what Li Qichen said to Mr. Yue An under the moonlight that night, the rolled up sleeves, and the old scars under the cold moonlight, my heart ached. "Ten years of loyalty, with a clear conscience", how could he expect to be so suspicious of the king? "None of these are real crimes, so he shouldn't be punished like that..." Yan Wei murmured.

Yan Changchu sighed: "That is already the lightest punishment, palace punishment, beheading, beheading, black ink punishment, which one is more severe, the punishment of flesh and bones can be cured, but the amputation of limbs can never continue. " Yan Wei sighed: "How can it be considered cured? How can it be considered not cured? The scars are still there, and the tendons are still gathered together, which affects flexion and extension. Is it considered cured? It will take more than a dozen cold and hot days to recover before it can be restored? But it's time. At that time, people are old... He is a swordsman, and the master competes, it may be just this little difference, which will kill him..."

Yan Chang said: "Compared to those who don't get medical treatment, he is already considered lucky..." Yan Wei said: "Yeah... I don't know who saved him and left him at our door." Yan Changchu narrowed his eyes and smiled with his beard. Yan Wei looked at Yan Changchu suspiciously, and asked, "Could it be you, father?" Yan Changchu smiled and said: "Yes... the king originally said that I would rescue him, and then test whether he has anything to do with this matter. It just so happened that I encountered a clue to track down, so I entrusted him to you..."

Yan Wei frowned and said, "That's not right... I heard that Uncle Meng said that the person who came to rescue Li Qichen would practice acupressure very deeply, and the jailers wouldn't move after just a little." Yan Changchu smiled and said: "That's just a show, how can there be such a magical acupressure technique in the world." Yan Wei said angrily: "This is a matter of human life, how can you be so hasty, just casually leave a big living person at the door, without showing your face and not even leaving a note, in case I What if we can't save him?"

Yan Chang Chu said: "Healing is easy, but curing is difficult. Because the injuries are all on the surface and can be seen at a glance, but the cause of the disease is ever-changing and hidden. You have learned medical skills from me for so many years. How can such a small injury of the flesh and bones not be cured?" Okay? Let it be your test to become a teacher! Although Li Qichen's injuries look serious, his life is absolutely safe, if I'm not sure about this, I won't just hand him over to you like this." Yan Wei pursed her lips: "You can trust me that much? At that time, I was not sure at all, and I would be awakened by nightmares in the middle of the night..."

Yan Zhangchu smiled and said, "How can you grow without major events? If you just follow me, you will never be able to treat people independently. What's more, investigating cases is a major event, and there is no delay." Yan Wei asked, "After searching for so long, did you find anything?" Yan Changchu closed his smile, shook his head and sighed: "Not yet, the poison is very strange, I have never heard of it... I traced all the way to the border of Yang State and Jiang State, and encountered this poisoning thing again..." "Ah?!" Yan Wei exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't it a plague? Poisoning?!"

Yan Changchu nodded: "The well in that village was poisoned. When I arrived, many villagers had already died... The rest of the people turned here overnight. Some of them were deeply poisoned. Passed away one after another, those people you just saw are part of them, and some people have recovered..." Yan Wei asked: "Who poisoned it? Is it from Jiang Guo?" Yan Changchu still shook his head: "It is very likely that they are from Jiang Guo, but there is no evidence for now... The two countries are about to fight, and I believe Jiang Guo is also aware of it. Jiang Guo has always had a weak army, and loves to engage in subtle incitement, poisoning and assassination."

Yan Wei sighed, "We also came from that village before, and there were two dead people lying down on the road at the entrance of the village..." Yan Changchu said: "That's why I deliberately asked them not to bury them temporarily. Because the poison in the well has not dissipated, the village is already empty. In order to prevent passing merchants and travelers from drinking the well water by mistake, I put two corpses at the head of the village. It is effective. Whether you are illiterate or illiterate, if you see the dead body and the empty village, you must think it is a seasonal epidemic and will not stay in the village. The poison acts on the viscera and intestines. Just touching the dead body will not overpower people. , and no danger to travelers."

Yan Wei thought about it carefully, and felt that although her father's method was strange, it was very simple and direct, so she smiled and said: "The salt lords were scared to death just now, I coaxed them with the medicine to avoid miasma, so they can feel at ease!" It was late at night, and the father and daughter had already gone to bed. Lying on the bed, Yan Wei was still talking about the scene after the farewell. The thrilling ups and downs of the past six months were really more colorful than the sum of her previous sixteen years of life. As she was talking, she didn't know where she was going, Yan Wei fell asleep extremely tired, and when she woke up the next day, the sun was already high.

Yan Wei glanced at the dazzling sunlight outside the window, rubbed her eyes, as if trying to drive the light out of her eyes, and fell asleep again with her head covered.Now that she is with her father, she seems to be a little girl of three or five years old again. She can act like a baby, sleep in, don't worry about everything, and have her own father to take care of her.It seems that it has been a long time, and I haven't enjoyed this feeling... Three days later. After dinner, father and daughter sat opposite each other. Yan Zhang and Chu Nianxu murmured, "Tomorrow morning, we will be on our way."

Yan Wei was taken aback, and asked, "Should we leave now? Aren't there still two or three people who are alright?" Yan Chang said: "Those people are fine, but their stomachs are weak and they need some time to recuperate. I have already prescribed the prescription, and they will recover soon after taking the medicine according to the prescription. It doesn't make much difference whether I am here or not." Yan Wei said: "Then where are we going now? Back to Huaidu?" Yan Changchu shook his head slowly and said, "Let's go to Jiang Country." "Go to Jiang Country?!" Yan Wei was taken aback, "What are you going to Jiang Country for?" "Go meet Li Qichen and Tong Sui." Yan Changchu said. Yan Wei was even more surprised: "Ah?! Respond to them? What happened to them? Did something happen?" Yan Chang Chu said: "They have succeeded in the assassination, but they have not returned for a long time. I'm afraid they are trapped, so someone needs to go to meet them." Yan Wei wondered: "Did the king send you there? Why did he send you? Could it be that they were injured?" Yan Changchu nodded: "It's the king's secret order. I don't know if they were injured or not. Everything will be found out after going to the Jiang country. Maybe the king sent someone else, I don't know..." Yan Wei suddenly felt that her father was a little strange, and seemed to have many secrets that she didn't know, so she blurted out and asked, "Secret order? When was the secret order sent? Why don't I know?" Yan Changchu smiled: "Since it is a secret order, naturally the fewer people who know about it, the better..." Yan Wei asked again hesitantly: "Now that I know, don't tell me...do I want to go together too?" Yan Changchu nodded again: "If they were either injured or sick, or the interrogation was too strict, they couldn't go back to the country. We went there, old and young, a man and a woman, and joined them. It would not be so eye-catching, maybe it would be easy. Clearance." Yan Wei was both excited and uneasy. The excited one was leaving Yang country for the first time in her life and went to a strange country; the uneasy one was a little afraid of being caught by mistake.The shadow of being tortured and imprisoned by Gongzi Heng has always been there. Although he always avoids recalling it, once he is touched by something, it is like falling from a high place, his heart palpitations, and his fingers will ache. Yan Wei asked worriedly: "Even if the two of us pass by, what's the use? What should they look like, or what? If there are shadow graphics in the level, even if there are many girls around, can they not be recognized? ?” Yan Changchu smiled, and took out a leather pouch, which contained several wooden boxes. When it was opened, there were several boxes of powder in different shades, the dark one was like ocher powder, and the light one was a bit like gouache used by women. Yan Wei gently twirled the powder with her fingers, and the tentacles were soft and smooth, three points smoother than gouache, so she wondered, "What is this?" Yan Changchu said: "This is the ore powder used by Yirong. Mix elm wood chips and torreya seeds, soak in water for three days, take the supernatant liquid of the water, mix this powder, and apply it on the face to change Skin color." Yan Wei smiled and said: "This is very interesting, but only the skin color has been changed, and the outline of the appearance has not changed. I am afraid that people will still recognize it." Yan Changchu said: "It depends on the skill of the user. Applying dark colors can make the muscles look smaller; applying light colors can make the muscles appear to expand. In this way, one plus one minus, one damage one make up, a proper match, It can make people look significantly different from before. Not to mention this..." As Yan Changchu said, he took out a neatly folded cloth bag from his leather pouch. The cloth was white in color, thick and soft, and the tentacles were soft and soft. It looked neither silk nor numb. Yan Wei stroked the cloth and asked, "What kind of cloth is this?" Yan Changchu smiled and said: "This is not cloth, this is worn sheepskin." He unfolded the sheepskin, took out a small ball of black stuff inside, and spread it gently on the sheepskin, but it turned out to be a mass of people. send. Yan Wei looked closely at the clump of human hair, and saw that each strand of hair was not long, and the roots were tied together with other human hair braids, in clusters, which looked like beards.Yan Wei wondered, "What is this?" Yan Changchu said: "This is a fake beard made of human hair. Peel off the bletilla striata, rub it with water to get the glue, and stick it on the face with the glue, just like a real beard." Yan Wei smiled and said: "If you are patient, just wait until the beard grows, it doesn't need to be so troublesome." Yan Changchu also said with a smile: "How many people have beards, how fast do they grow, and when they are needed urgently, it is still convenient." Yan Wei pointed to the pile of things and said, "Then we sent this to them?" Yan Changchu nodded: "Yeah, I've been delayed for a few days, if I don't leave, I'm afraid there will be delays, so I must go on the road tomorrow morning." Yan Wei was just interested in those powders, so she dipped a little bit with her fingers and applied it on the back of her hands, put the backs of both hands together, compared them under the lamp, and asked: "Then do you want to apply some of this to me tomorrow? " Yan Changchu smiled and said, "You're not a fugitive, what are you doing with this? But...you'd better have your ears pierced..." Yan Wei said angrily: "Ah... no! No decent girl can get their ears pierced, only those who are particularly frivolous and coquettish will..." Yan Changchu smiled and said: "This is just the custom of Yang State. In Jiang State, women must have their ears pierced when they get married, and they must wear earrings after marriage, while men have to grow beards after marriage. .” Yan Wei twisted her body, a little shy, and a little bit coquettishly said: "I'm not married yet, even according to the Jiang country's customs, there is no need to have ear piercings!" Yan Chang said: "When we meet up with the two of them, three men and one woman, what are our identities? I can't be the father, and the three of you are brothers and sisters, right? The looks are too different, only you and one of them pretend to be husband and wife, That’s what makes sense.” Only then did Yan Wei understand the purpose of the fake beard, who was she pretending to be husband and wife with?Li Qichen, or Tong Shui?Thinking of this, I suddenly blushed, and I also felt a little out of control. I was afraid that my father would find out, so I hurriedly used words to cover it up: "Even if you pretend to be a husband and wife, just use your hair to cover it up, you don't need to have your ears pierced..." Yan Changchu said: "It is the custom of the Jiang country that girls wear their hair loose before they get married, and wear it in a high bun after they get married. No hair can be left on the neck. It is natural to know whether there are earrings..." Yan Wei thought for a while, and said: "I don't want it anymore... Can't I use the kind of earrings that clamp the earlobe? It's easy to wear ear holes, but it's hard to make them die forever. Even if they die, there will be scars." , such a girl would definitely not be able to marry a prince or nobleman, even a family of ordinary scholar-bureaucrats would not marry her..." Yan Zhang Chu said: "Don't tell me you still want to marry a prince or nobleman? Could it be that...you have an affair with some son?"